we coulda had a new president

I'm surprised that, while Cheney held presidential power, that he didn't write an executive order declaring himself president. (That's pretty much how he got to be vice president - he was put in charge of Bush's Vice-Presidential Search Committee. Guess who he picked?)

"Mr. Bush? You can go fuck yourself."

clean fridge, move down, move down!

The fridge was getting pretty gross, so we bought a new one. It was supposed to arrive between noon and three, but they called at ten, saying they were ahead of schedule and would be over in ten minutes. So I got dressed (I hadn't even made it through my friends page yet) and emptied the old one.

I try to keep up with chucking out the expired stuff, but I guess I missed some things last time around. The mayonnaise didn't have a date on it, but I'm pretty sure it's a year old. Several other things had "best by" dates from January to November 2005. Glad I got that taken care of. Seems pretty empty now.

And it's smaller than the old one. I think. It's a couple of inches narrower (noticeably, inside), and an inch or two taller. It seems a lot taller since it's got one less shelf. There's a lot of empty airspace, which doesn't help to retain the cold when you open the door. We seldom have enough to fill it, though.

But at least the door seals right. This one will probably run half as much as the old one. And it's much quieter.

Gin Blossoms

A coworker was talking about going to see Gin Blossoms tonight. He said they're doing a reunion tour, and chose the Port Washington Fish Day festival to do a warm-up show. I see that their tour starts on the 25th in Nashville.

I saw their CD when I was looking through the boxes of less-played discs, so I put it on. I've also played The James Gang, Marilyn Manson, New Model Army, Lenny Kravitz, Jimi Hendrix, Smashing Pumpkins, Oil Tasters, Scorpions, Montrose, Elton John, Toadies and the aforementioned Billy Squier.

Cyn is out of town this weekend, so that changes what CDs I tend to put on. I play the ones I think she likes less, and the ones you have to be in a certain mood to want to hear, because I never know if she's in that mood (and I'm seldom in that mood myself).

Funny about that current music slot on our posts. When I first saw that, I thought it was pretty cool. But I stopped using it pretty quickly, because it often distracted from my post, when I had a serious message. It just seems to interrupt the flow, so I stopped using it altogether. It wouldn't have that problem in this post, but you already know what I'm listening to.